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MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



I do not know ; a small red or brown insect, about one-twelfth 

 of an inch in length, which fed upon the kernel while in the 

 milk, inside of the hull where it joined to the stock ; it finally 

 had wings and left ; and the grain was less perfect in conse- 

 quence of its labors. 



I consider wheat the most profitable grain which I can raise, 

 and not more liable to fail than any other. With twelve years' 

 experience, my crop has varied from fifteen to thirty-eight and 

 one-half bushels per acre, averaging more than twenty bushels. 

 I think the spring and winter grain equally sure, if the right 

 kind of soil is selected. It is not necessary as is supposed by 

 some, to have a very rich, strong soil for wheat. I have raised, 

 this year, sixteen bushels per acre on a high, light sandy loam, 

 pasture land, without any manure, except what was applied to 

 the corn crop last year. It was a more profitable crop than that 

 which I entered for a premium. I have used, with success, 

 ashes on some soils, in the cultivation of wheat, and lime on 

 some, slackening it in soil. I think if I had used two casks of 

 lime on one-third of the acre — the lowest part — this year, there 

 would have been extra wheat enough to have paid for ten casks. 

 Crop, twenty-two and seven-eighths bushels on one acre and two 

 and one-fifth rods. The following is an approximate cost and 

 profit of the crop : — 



Dr. 



129 50 



By 22J bushels of grain, 

 1 ton of straw, . 



Trofit, . 



Cr. 



$17 50 



